Government Responsiveness

Autor: Marcia Grimes, Peter Esaiasson
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Political Research Quarterly. 67:758-768
ISSN: 1938-274X
1065-9129
DOI: 10.1177/1065912914543193
Popis: Political equality and responsiveness to citizens are both central values in democracy. Citizens strong in political resources may, however, impress their preferences upon decision makers more effectively than others, meaning that government responsiveness may possibly exacerbate inequality in policy outcomes, especially if participatory democratic arrangements are prevalent. The article studies these processes empirically, drawing on a dataset of the siting of unwanted facilities in two Swedish cities. Indicative of the tension between equality and responsiveness, we find that residents’ political resources affect facility siting in the local district.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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